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Landrieu Focuses on Improving Student Outcomes, Competitiveness As Congress Considers Education Reform

ABC - WGNO 26 - New Orleans LA, Mar 12, 2010 / Today, Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and other members of the Moderate Democrats Working Group signaled their commitment to work with President Obama and the U.S. Congress to enact meaningful reform in America's public schools that will close the achievement gap and help ensure our nation's competitiveness in the global economy.

Louisiana Medicaid fix may also help Hawaii

NOLA.com - New Orleans LA, Mar 11, 2010 / In defending and preserving the special Medicaid fix for Louisiana in the Senate health care bill , Sen. Mary Landrieu , D-La., and the White House have asserted that the provision could help any state, not just Louisiana, in which every county or parish has been declared a disaster area.

Landrieu, Snowe Praise President's Plan to Boost Business Exporting

PR Newswire, Mar 11, 2010 / President signs Executive Order instructing improved export financing, advocacy, and assistance to keep America competitive WASHINGTON , March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary L. Landrieu , D-La., and Ranking Member Olympia J. Snowe, R- Maine , today praised President Obama's Executive Order to support the National Export Initiative, which aims to double American exports over the next five years and support two million American jobs.

Small Business Patent Data Collection Act of 2010

Patent Baristas, Mar 11, 2010 / Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is Chairwoman of the Senate Small Business Committee.

FEMA money for hurricane recovery projects is running out

NOLA.com - New Orleans LA, Mar 10, 2010 / John McCusker / The Times-Picayune archive Earlier this year, an arbitration panel sided with the state and against FEMA, ruling that Louisiana is entitled to $474.7 million to replace Charity Hospital.

Senate Extends Small Business Loan Changes to Boost Job Creation

PR Newswire, Mar 10, 2010 / Landrieu secures SBA Recovery Act funding through the end of the year.

Interested in SBA Loan Incentives? Get in Line Now

Inc., Mar 10, 2010 / New funding extends the Small Business Administration's popular incentive program until March 28, but the money is expected to run out before then.

Karl Rove book is off the mark, Kathleen Blanco and Mary Landrieu say

NOLA.com - New Orleans LA, Mar 09, 2010 / Peter Kramer, NBC/The Associated Press Karl Rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush, was photographed Tuesday during an appearance on NBC's 'Today' show to promote his new book 'Courage and Consequence.'

Mary had a little... anger

Politico, Mar 09, 2010 / "That's such an offensive question, it's just offensive," said Louisana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, after being asked what she would "need" to see to support a climate bill during a hallway encounter in the Capitol Tuesday.

Health care bill clears key hurdle in U.S. Senate; bruising debate awaits

The Missoulian - Missoula MT, Mar 09, 2010 / A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.

Quote of the Week [3/9/2010]

Gambit Weekly - New Orleans LA, Mar 09, 2010 / "I just think he's wrong, usually morning, noon and night, and as far as I'm concerned, he can go get another job." —

Landrieu 'deal': Enough for plant

Louisiana News-Star - Monroe LA, Mar 09, 2010 / After months of delay, the U.S. Department of Energy has failed to meet the deadline on approval of a loan to the V-Vehicle Co. Considering the type of federal administration running our country today, is that really unexpected?

U.S. policy on wild horses challenged

United Press International (UPI), Mar 08, 2010 / A U.S. government policy of putting the wild mustangs of the West in corrals and pastures hundred of miles from their rangelands is under fire, officials said.

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Gambit Weekly - New Orleans LA, Mar 08, 2010 / "I just think he's wrong, usually morning, noon and night, and as far as I'm concerned, he can go get another job." —

Louisiana Medicaid provision survives health bill changes

NOLA.com - New Orleans LA, Mar 07, 2010 / AP Photo/Alex Brandon President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about health care reform Wednesday in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

HUD Secretary Donovan Applauds Senator Landrieu, U.S. Senate for Adoption of GO Zone Tax credit Extension

U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development, Mar 05, 2010 / U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan issued a statement today following the United States Senate's adoption of an amendment extending the Gulf Coast Opportunity Zone (GO Zone) Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) placed in service date by two years, to December 31, 2012.

Landrieu, Locke Announce $80 Million Broadband Investment in Louisiana

PR Newswire, Mar 05, 2010 / WASHINGTON , March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu , D-La., Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced an investment of over $80 million in broadband expansion grants for the Louisiana Board of Regents.

CONFERENCE CALL WITH COMMERCE SECRETARY GARY LOCKE, SENATOR MARY LANDRIEU (D-LA) NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (NTIA) CHIEF OF STAFF TOM POWER MODERATOR: SHANNON GILSON SUBJECT: RECOVERY ACT FUNDING FOR LOUISIANA TIME: 11:40 A

Federal News Service (FNS), Mar 05, 2010 / We have Secretary Gary Locke and Senator Mary Landrieu on this call today to make an announcement about broadband investment in the state of Louisiana.

"Louisiana Purchase" was a necessary Medicaid fix, but media say it's "corrupt"

Media Matters, Mar 05, 2010 / A rash of ethics lapses has given Democrats an election-year headache: how to convince skeptical voters that they're any cleaner than Republicans they accused of fostering a "culture of corruption" in 2006.

La. makes cut to get funds for education

Stateline.org, Mar 05, 2010 / Louisiana's bid for $314 million in federal prize dollars for public schools cleared its first hurdle Thursday when the state was named one of 16 contest finalists.

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" Businesses that export their goods can tap a global customer base, at a time when sales at home are low. The National Export Initiative is exactly what we need to help increase sales for small businesses, put Americans back to work and keep our country competitive. I look forward to working with the Administration to ensure that the SBA becomes a more muscular agency in respect to trade and that small businesses have the resources they need to use exporting as a way to grow and expand. "
NBC - KCBD NewsChannel 11 - Lubbock TX, Mar 11, 2010
" With only one percent of small businesses currently exporting, I would like to thank President Obama for addressing the urgent need to boost our businesses' exporting potential "
NBC - KCBD NewsChannel 11 - Lubbock TX, Mar 11, 2010
" The opportunity for over 6,000 families on the Gulf Coast to get good, affordable housing "
NOLA.com - New Orleans LA, Mar 10, 2010
" This is not right. Our brave soldiers should not be penalized for serving America, nor should the small business owners who want to help their employees but are already suffering in these harsh economic times. With the extension of this important tax credit, our soldiers, their families, and the small businesses they work for will be protected from the fiscal burdens that come with active duty. "
NBC - KCBD NewsChannel 11 - Lubbock TX, Mar 10, 2010
" As our soldiers serve far from home, they often take a cut in pay by switching from civilian to military payroll, leaving families to tighten their belts at an already tough time "
NBC - KCBD NewsChannel 11 - Lubbock TX, Mar 10, 2010

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Mary Loretta Landrieu (, ; born November 23, 1955) is the senior United States Senator from the State of Louisiana, and is the second woman elected to the U.S.

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negotiated by Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu for her state, Louisiana, worth as much as $300 million, remained. _TAXES: The legislation would scale back a Senate-passed tax

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